My article on China’s Many Faces of Frand has recently been published in the European Intellectual Property Review (July 2025). Note that this article was first published by Thomas Reuters, trading as […]
Acess Advance and TCL: A Submission to the Shenzhen Court
Access Advance and TCL have settled their patent pool dispute. An Amicus Brief filed with the Shenzhen Intermediate Court by Randall Rader, David Kappos and Mark Cohen discussed the problems raised by a court asserting global jurisdiction over a patent pool, which may remain a contentious issue despite this recent settlement.
CHINESE THREE DIMENSIONAL SEPS: RECENT CASES, THE WTO, AND TRANSPARENCY
Three major court decisions involving SEPS, patents and foreign companies have been recently decided in China. In addition, the EU has recently released two of its submissions to the WTO regarding its dispute with China on antisuit injunctions. Nokia has also announced a global settlement with Oppo. What does the future hold for SEP litigation in China and the WTO dispute?
Forthcoming Discussion on SPC Guiding Principles for Technical IP Cases
I will be moderating a discussion on July 20 from 8:00 to 9:00 PM EST (5:00-6:00 PM PT, 0:00-1:00 UTC [July 21]) reviewing China’s Supreme People’s Court Guiding Principles for Technical IP […]
Patent Linkage Legislation Available for Today’s Program
There is still time to register for our program on patent linkage in China for today (July 15, 2021) at 5:00 PM. The registration link is here. Currently the speaker lineup includes: […]
New Draft JI on Plant Variety Protection Open for Comment
he Supreme People’s Court issued a draft of a second draft judicial interpretation on plant varieties for public comment on March 23, 2021. Comments are due April 15, 2021.
Due Process and ASI’s: Wuhan and Texas
There are now numerous IP cases where foreign judges have decided that Chinese courts failed to provide adequate notice or procedural transparency. Should concerns over a failure to comply with general notions of due process, including notice or access to counsel mandate that a court limit the impact of a foreign court’s anti-suit injunction?
Three New Reports Proposing Policies for China Engagement
Three reports were recently released on Chinese law, Chinese science cooperation and US-Chinese relations with recommendations for the incoming administration. Here is a summary: The Brookings Institution’s report “The Future of US […]
Translations of Civil Trade Secret and Criminal IP JI’s Available
The Gen Law Firm (己任律师事务所) has graciously provided us with translations of two recently released judicial interpretations with red-lining to compare with the prior public comment drafts. The civil trade secret judicial interpretation […]
An Update on Data-Driven Reports on China’s IP Enforcement Environment
Several useful empirical reports on China’s IP environment have been released in the past few weeks. I summarize four of them: Trademark Litigation Jerry Xia and his colleagues at the Anjie firm […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 